2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 46.10 Colostomy, not otherwise specified (ko-LAHS-toe-mee) An opening into the colon from the outside of the body. A colostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the colon has been removed. The surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body. (From Dorland, 28th ed) 46.10 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure 46.10 contains 8 index entries View the full Volume 3 46.* hierarchy Index entries containing 46.10: Cecostomy (tube) -- see also Colostomy 46.10 Colostomy (ileo-ascending) (ileotransverse) (perineal) (transverse) 46.10 with anterior rectal resection 48.62 delayed opening 46.14 loop 46.03 permanent (magnetic) 46.13 temporary 46.11 Enterostomy NEC 46.39 cecum -- see also Colostomy 46.10 colon (transverse) -- see also Colostomy 46.10 loop 46.03 sigmoid colon -- see also Colostomy 46.10 loop 46.03 transverse colon -- see also Colostomy 46.10 loop 46.03 Sigmoidostomy -- see also Colostomy 46.10 Transversostomy -- see also Colostomy 46.10